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<h1 align="center"><span class="pagetitle">Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2</span><br>
<font size=2>= <span class="sitetitle">Index DOT Html/Css</span> by <a href="../misc/email.htm">Brian Wilson</a> =</font></h1>

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<big><b class="mainheading">Statistics</b></big>
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<dt><b class="subheading">Authors:</b> Bert Bos, Ian Jacobs, H&aring;kon Lie, Chris Lilley
<dt><b class="subheading">Specifications</b>
    <dd>Documentation - <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/" class="relevant">http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/</a>
<dt><b class="subheading">Timeline:</b>
    <dd>- First public working draft of CSS2 released - November 1997
    <dd>- CSS2 becomes W3C proposed recommendation - March 1998
    <dd>- CSS2 becomes W3C recommendation - May 1998
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<big><b class="mainheading">What CSS2 covers</b></big>
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CSS2 builds on CSS1, integrating several intermediate CSS syntax proposals
(Aural CSS, printing and positioning extensions) aiming for full backward
compatibility, which it comes close to achieving. CSS2 still somehow
manages to introduce radical new rendering capabilities as well. As use of
web documents becomes ubiquitous, alternate rendering paradigms
have proliferated (and are expected to increase in usage.) CSS2 allows the
author to tailor their pages to these different rendering modes (such as
Braille, handheld devices, printers, and aural devices.)
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<b class="alert">Other changes from CSS1:</b>
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     <li>Did we mention the new media capabilities? They are really cool.
     <li>A complex visual rendering mechanism, including the concept of
         Absolute and Relative positioning of elements.
     <li>Powerful mechanisms for specifying font characteristics for improved
         matching.
     <li>A vastly improved Selector specification system now exists, allowing
         a finer granularity of document specificity while also generalizing
         the syntax for non-HTML languages.
     <li>Properties and rules controlling International features.
     <li>New properties allowing control over cursors, outlines, and table
         display.
     <li>Automatically generated content capabilities.

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